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PATENIED JAN. 26, 1904 H. PARKBS. v BELT HOLDER 0R ATTAGHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904:.

PATENT ()EEIcE.

BELT-HOLDER OR ATTACHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 750,484, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed May 16, 1908. Serial No. 157,494. (No model.)

' art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a belt-holder or attaching device; and theobject thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which isparticularly adapted for use in connection with gentlemens belts; andwith this and other objects in view the invention consists in a beltattaching or holding device constructed as hereinafter described andclaimed.

This invention is also an improvement on that described and claimed inUnited States Letters Patent No. 693,058 granted to me February 11,1902, and is fully disclosed in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is an inside view or back elevation ofmy improved belt attaching or holding device and showing a part of abelt therein; Fig. 2, a transverse section on the line2 2 of Fig. 1,showing also the application of the invention; and Fig. 3 a side Viewofthe device detached.

In the practice of my invention I provide a belt attaching and holdingdevice consisting of a plate a, which is provided at its upper end witha backwardly and downwardly directed member a having a central openingor eyelet a which opens laterally by means of a passage (4, and at thebottom end of the plate a is a forwardly and upwardly directed hookmember (6 and backwardly-directed side jaws a, in which is pivoted aclamp a and to the upper end of the plate a and secured thereto by meansof a keeper a or in any other desired manner is a strap Z2.

In practice the belt 0 is passed over or around the plate a, with thebottom edge thereof resting in the hook a The strapb is then foldeddownwardly around the bottom edge of the belt and around the hook a andpassed up between the clamp a and the back of the plate a, as shown inFig. 2, and said clamp 64 is turned down into position and operates inthe manner of an ordinary suspenderclamp or similar device, and thissecurely holds the holding or attaching device to the be t. i

In Fig. 2 I have shown at (Z a part of the waistband of a pairoftrousers and with which is connected the ordinary suspender button orbuttons 0, and in practice after the attaching or holding device hasbeen connected with the belt, as hereinbefore described, the belt ispassed around the waist in the usual manner and is so manipulated as topass the button e into the eyelet or opening a in theback memhere of theattaching or holding device, and this, as will be understood, will holdthe belt in proper position and prevent it moving upwardly or downwardlyon the waistband of the trousers.

Two or more of these devices may be used on a belt, and instead of firstconnecting the belt with the holder or attaching device the latter maybe first connected with the button 6 and the belt afterward securedthereto.

The object of employing the flexible strap b is to provide means wherebybelts of different widths may be used. It will be understood that thebottom edge of the belt always rests in the hook portion a and the beltmay extend above the upper end of the plate a; but it will be understoodthat the strap 6 is always passed around the belt, as shown andclescribed, and by employing the strap 6 I provide means whereby thedevice may be used in connection with belts of any desired width.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A belt holding or attaching device, comprising a plate provided atits upper end with a backwardly and downwardly directed member having acentral opening and a laterallydirected passage, said plate beingprovided at its lower end with an outwardly and upwardly directed hook,and with baclnvardly-directed side jaws and a clamp pivoted therein,substantially as shown and described.

2. A belt holding or attaching device, comprising a plate provided atits upper end with a backwardly and downwardly directed member having acentral opening and a laterallydirected passage, said plate beingprovided at its lower end with an outwardly and upwardly directed hook,and with backwardly-directed IO side jaws. and a clamp pivoted therein,and a strap secured to the upper end of said plate, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 12th 5 day of May,1903.

HOWARD PARKES. Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY.

